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warnec

Member

From: Poland

Registered: 2009-06-22

Posts: 166

Virtualbox 2.2.4 USB grey?

Hi. I've used this:

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9753

To install VirtualBox and everything went fine. I installed the guest additions as well from AUR, and it worked fine, I mean, I've got integrated mode and smooth movement of cursor from Guest window to Host system and so on, but my USB devices are all greyed out and I can't use them, even when I set them in the options of the Guest system.

After installing virtualbox I was told that I needed to do "/etc/init.d/vboxdrv restart" or something like that to make guest system work, and I found that there is no "init.d" folder. I found out that I should use:

modprobe -r vboxdrv
vbox_build_module
modprobe vboxdrv

as root, and it worked. Don't know if it's relevant. Anyway, Arch Wiki says that making USB to work shouldn't be needed in vbox>=2.2.4, but it apprently is.

PS.: I tried adding myself to "vboxusers" group, but my /etc/group only has:

root::0:root
bin::1:root,bin,daemon
daemon::2:root,bin,daemon
sys::3:root,bin
adm::4:root,daemon
tty::5:
disk::6:root
lp::7:daemon
mem::8:
kmem::9:
wheel::10:root
ftp::11:
mail::12:
uucp::14:
log::19:root,warnec
locate::21:
smmsp::25:
http::33:
games::50:
network:x:90:warnec
video:x:91:warnec
audio::92:warnec
optical::93:hal,warnec
floppy:x:94:hal,warnec
storage:x:95:hal,warnec
scanner:x:96:warnec
power:x:98:warnec
nobody::99:
users::100:warnec
dbus:x:81:
policykit:x:102:
hal:x:82:
camera:x:97:warnec
avahi:x:84:

dmartins

Member

Registered: 2006-09-23

Posts: 360

Re: Virtualbox 2.2.4 USB grey?

Try reinstalling the package. You really should have a vboxusers group.
When you install, there will be a message printed out mentioning a line that should be added to /etc/fstab to allow usb to work.

warnec

Member

From: Poland

Registered: 2009-06-22

Posts: 166

Re: Virtualbox 2.2.4 USB grey?

I installed it via pacman and now the group is there, and the message. The problem was I used Shaman before. I'll ask the AUR maintainer if he can make the window appear in Shaman too and the group in /etc/group.

Thanks!

dmartins

Member

Registered: 2006-09-23

Posts: 360

Re: Virtualbox 2.2.4 USB grey?

No problem!

I'm not familar with Shaman but the message and group installation are a part of the post-install script that is a part of the package itself. If it doesn't get run when using shaman then it's probably shaman doing something wrong and not the virtualbox package.

eviltoaster

Member

Registered: 2009-09-23

Posts: 17

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Re: Virtualbox 2.2.4 USB grey?

i am a member of the group vboxusers and did all steps from wiki but i cant use usb!

edit: nvm logout and in again did it...

Last edited by eviltoaster (2009-12-20 19:56:38)

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